Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$64,456
$68,109
Sales tax
6.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
5.54%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
2.10%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,087
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
7.50%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$131,000
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
2.40%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
2
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
0
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
2.4%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
8.4%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
87.3/12.70
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
96.7%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
11
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
91
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
90
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
2,603
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
11.9
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
3.8%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
2
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
216
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
23
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
8
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
11
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
0
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
16.84
36.00
Clear days
93
107
High temp in July ° F
84.5°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
-0.6°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
89.2%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
220.4
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
215.8
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
36.5
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
63.9%
63.9%
Married
53.7%
54.3%
Divorced
9.4%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$7,336
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
These states allow personal exemption or standard deductions as provided in the IRC. Utah allows a personal exemption equal to three-fourths the federal exemptions. The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married taxpayers, the same rates apply to income brackets ranging from $49,600 to $326,450. An additional $300 personal exemption is allowed for joint returns or unmarried head of households.
